Anne reached for the nets, reluctant to turn her back on Lottie. She had never actually seen the girl do something downright evil, but she was so confident and had such a reputation, that Anne didn't think her above shoving her into the water for crossing her the wrong way. Even the girls Anne called 'friends' sometimes had fun at her expense. Surely a confident girl like Lottie had to be worse.

But Anne forgot her anxieties when she spotted a hole in the net, where some knots had come undone. She gasped and turned to Lottie. "You made a hole in our net!" she accused her. "Can't you find something useful to do!?"